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2020 iMac 5K: Helicon Focus

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MPG tested the 2020 iMac 5K 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 10-core / 128GB / 2TB / Radeon 5700. Smart move: buy with 8GB memory, then add 64GB or 128GB OWC memory to save a ton on memory cost (same memory as 2019 iMac 5K).

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2019 iMac 5K

Helicon Focus and Zerene Stacker are both excellent for focus stacking but Helicon Focus is dramatically faster to do the stack. However, Helicon Focus I have found requires more touch-up work (which can take minutes to hours!), so I do all my work in Zerene Stacker to minimize the use of my time.

Still, for a super fast way to see how a stack is going to work out, Helicon Focus is so fast that it‘s very useful for a quick look. And it’s also possible that somehow I have missed a way to use Helicon Focus with fewer edge artifact issues.

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Results

The 2019 Mac Pro rocks, with its 28 CPU cores.

The 2020 iMac 5K handily beats the 2019 iMac 5K by more than expected—unclear why but Helicon Focus shows a lot of variability in its time. Fastest result shown for each.

This stack uses 20 16-bit 45-megapixel images from the Nikon D850. See Nikon D850 'Focus Shift shooting' feature for Easy Focus Stacking.

2020 iMac 5K vs 2019 iMac 5K, 2019 Mac Pro: focus stacking in Zerene Stacker
2020 iMac 5K
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